Science: Archaeology: Topics: Archaeoastronomy: Stonehenge

Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College provides an illustrated history of the astronomical interpretation of Stonehenge. Part of Earth Mysteries.

In an article for British Archaeology magazine, space researcher Duncan Steel argues that Stonehenge was built to predict meteor showers.

Explores the theories of Gerald Hawkins and Sir Fred Hoyle who claim that stones are an eclipse predictor.

This Java applet displays the position of the sun und the moon in polar coordinates for any date and time. The results for lunar standstills are presented and compared with the Stonehenge observatory.